Description |
300 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
Summary |
A guide to Sicilian family history research. Mendola covers everything from parochial, civil and tax records to genetic haplotyping. Social context--folk customs, government, religion, law, rural life--is considered at length. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Legacy. Identity of a people ; Feudalism in Sicily ; Country life, cuisine, religion, education ; Knights of Malta ; Knights Templar ; Teutonic knights ; Constitutions of Melfi ; The nobility of Sicily ; The Norman Palace ; The Steri and Magione ; Monreale Abbey ; Historical families: Chiaramonte ; Historical families: Abbatellis ; Historical families: Branciforte ; Historical families: Sclafani -- Heraldry. Sicilian armorial heraldry ; The English Lion in Sicily ; The Norman Knight figures of Monreale -- Genealogy. Introduction to Sicilian family history ; Genealogical research methods ; From 1700 into the Middle Ages ; Genetics in Sicilian family history ; Tracing Jewish roots in Sicily ; Sicilian onomatology. |
Subject |
Sicily (Italy) -- Genealogy.
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Heraldry -- Italy -- Sicily.
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Nobility -- Italy -- Sicily -- Genealogy.
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Sicily (Italy) -- History.
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Heraldry. (OCoLC)fst00955273
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Nobility. (OCoLC)fst01038255
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Italy -- Sicily.
(OCoLC)fst01204499
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Genre/Form |
Genealogy. (OCoLC)fst01423818
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9780615796932 (pbk.) |
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0615796931 (pbk.) |
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